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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782188503321

Autore

McLeod-Harrison Mark S. <1956->

Titolo

Repairing Eden [[electronic resource] ] : humility, mysticism, and the existential problem of religious diversity / / Mark S. McLeod-Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-86367-3

9786612863677

0-7735-7303-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

261.2

Soggetti

Christianity and other religions

Humility - Religious aspects - Christianity

Mysticism

Religious pluralism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-143) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Reality and Religion: Identifying the Existential Problem of Religious Diversity -- An Epistemic Basis of Religious Diversity -- Idolatry and the Testing of One’s Faith -- An Analysis of Humility -- The Humility of Jesus and the Christian Tradition -- Humility, Mysticism, and the Existential Problem of Religious Diversity -- The Challenge of Religious Diversity, Again? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How do Christians keep from losing their faith when they discover that other faiths are as justified as their own? Mark McLeod-Harrison draws on his training in analytic philosophy and his knowledge of Christian mysticism to provide a compelling analysis of, and unique solution to, the problem religious diversity poses for Christians. In Repairing Eden, McLeod-Harrison describes this dilemma as an existential problem internal to the Christian faith. He suggests that Christian humility and Christian mysticism can provide a joint path toward a kind of metaphysical certainty - the mystic path, the path of bearing one's own cross - that can become a means of more deeply knowing God. Repairing Eden weaves theology, philosophy, and pastoral concerns



into a spiritual-philosophical solution to a deeply important challenge to Christian faith.